Press Release
Sushi Chair by Linda Martins Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design
Linda Martins honored for furniture design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Sushi Chair by Linda Martins, designed for Studio Linda Martins, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Furniture Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Sushi Chair
Sushi is a chair designed for homes and other interiors. The structure is handmade from noble wood and shaped with simple lines and clear geometric angles. The parts are made one by one and glued, following traditional carpentry methods. Textured fabrics bring comfort to the seat and the cylindrical backrest, while brass details complete the piece. The backrest is fixed in a way that allows the fabric to be replaced later. The chair measures 520 mm in width, 500 mm in depth and 810 mm in height.
Award Record
This recognition makes Linda Martins a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Furniture Design Award
The A' Furniture Design Award is an international furniture competition recognizing good furniture designs by best furniture designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to furniture designers, product designers, industrial design studios and furniture brands from all countries. Entries typically include chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets and shelves. Awarded furniture designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/furniture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/102603
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/102603
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!102603
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/177149
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sushi Chair
- Function
- Chair
- Category
- Furniture Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Dark Slate Blue, Steel Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Teal and Light Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Studio Linda Martins
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Linda Martins
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #102603
Credits
- Image Credits
- Rodrigo Ortega
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Created by hand, the Sushi chair translates the precepts of the old carpentry, having its parts glued, made one by one, it fuses the old and the new, with its contemporary lines. It is a funny chair, that reflect the purpose of the object in a geometric composition. The structure in wood, use angles and seemingly simple shapes and offers comfort and surprise. Noble wood in its purest form.
- Inspiration
- The project brief was to design a comfortable chair, with simple lines in wood and with a iconic visual. Sushi, like there name, is a funny chair, but it can be sophisticated, its depends by the enviroment.
- Research
- The research was done on the form of artisanal production first. Creating lines that could be reproduced, but that keeped their complexity. Then, geometric shapes were added that gave the piece a contemporary and cheerful air.
- Challenge
- The big challenge was to find a way to fix the cylindrical backrest, in a non-definitive way, so that in the future the fabric can be replaced. As the chair is produced by hand, the parts are permanently glued.
- Realization and Technology
- The structure was handmade of noble wood, wood in its purest form. Textured fabrics bring the comfort of the piece and details in brass.
- Operation and Interaction
- A chair with a structure well worked in wood, using simple lines, which can be incorporated in various environments, bringing joy, sophistication and lightness. Materializes the basic act of sitting.
- Project Duration and Location
- The chair was designed in 2019 in Rio Grande do Sul. The production phase, started and finished in Sao Paulo in March of 2020.
- Specifications
- Width 520mm x Depth 500mm x Height 810mm
- Keywords
- chair, wood, sushi, funny , comfort
